1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
Cross-references
In 1 Samuel 2:9, Hannah says God guards the faithful and silences the wicked, directly matching Abigail's imagery of David bound in life and enemies hurled away.
1 Samuel 26:20 continues the same narrative of Saul pursuing David's life, echoing the threat that Abigail addressed.
Psalm 66:9 directly echoes the idea: God holds our soul in life and keeps our feet from slipping — a clear parallel to the bundle of life.
John 10:27-30 promises no one can snatch Jesus' sheep from His hand — a NT counterpart to being bound in the bundle of life.
Colossians 3:3 says the believer's life is hidden with Christ in God, mirroring the 'bundle of life' image of being securely kept.
Psalm 17:7 speaks of God saving those who take refuge — matching the 'bundle of life' protection Abigail promises David.
Psalm 63:9 says those who seek David's life will go to the depths — just as Abigail says enemies will be slung out.
Psalm 143:12 asks God to cut off David's enemies — exactly the fate Abigail predicts for those who pursue David.
2 Samuel 22:1 introduces David's song of deliverance, reflecting the theme of God protecting him from enemies as Abigail foretold.
Psalm 26:9 asks not to be grouped with the wicked — similar to the bundle of life separating David's soul from his enemies' fate.
Malachi 3:17 portrays God's people as His treasured possession, spared and kept — akin to being bound in a protected bundle.
1 Peter 1:5 describes believers kept by God's power for salvation, similar to David's soul being bound in the bundle of life.